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Author Archives: William Perrin
Re-branding Kings Cross – prize donated – £50 of drinks at the Rotunda, Kings Place
We’ve been having a lot of fun this morning with a community driven re-branding of Kings Cross, rather than letting Foxtons do it for us. We’ve had dozens of suggestions from the sublime to the ridiculous to add to our … Continue reading
Posted in King's Place, York Way, Regents Quarter
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Kings Cross Village anyone? re-branding suggestions for KX please….
We’re picking up reports of spurious local descriptors from estate agents – Wharfdale Road is in Bloomsbury apparently – so we thought we’d have some fun of our own with some candidates for a re-branded Kings Cross, rather than leave … Continue reading
Posted in Community stuff, New, Planning, Licensing and Regulation
Tagged Kings Cross, naming, rebrand
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Dave Elvis – Cally Legend
Lovely film of Kings Cross legend, Dave Elvis from London Cares – who are funding people to make films about older folk. You can find Dave on Twitter and Facebook. The King is not dead, merely living in Kings Cross. … Continue reading
£650,000 community benefits from American Car Wash Whitbread hotel getting planning approval
Islington Gazette reports that the Whitbread hotel application for York Way/Wharfdale Road was approved at planning committee on Wednesday evening 11 February and permission will formally be granted when the paperwork is complete. As we reported previously the issue was … Continue reading
Kings Cross great moss
In today’s winter light the mossy fringe on Kings Cross’s buttresses stood out particularly vividly. It’s lovely to see some natural growth in what is a harsh canyon, despite the trees on the East side. And in the warm weather … Continue reading
97 Caledonian Road – refurbishment starts on local eyesore
Observant readers will have noticed some activity at this dreadful site on the corner of the Cally Road and Wharfdale Road. It’s been a dead duck, open to the weather for so long the only option is to demolish and … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, New, Planning, Licensing and Regulation
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Drink Shop and DASH coffee bar 11 Caledonian Road
Nice to see Drink Shop and Do expanding next door into a coffee bar – Drink Shop and DASH at 11 Caledonian Road and occupying another former sex shop premises, the old Soho Books. I had a great espresso there – … Continue reading
Cally Road gets new bakery with superb bacon sandwich and artisan breads
This was a marvelous bacon sandwich – lovely soft brown bread, with a crisp crust only a few hours out of the oven and succulent bacon and a little brown sauce. I ate it at Sunflour Bakery at 263 Caledonian … Continue reading
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